Meta:

  1. 开 is the 94th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 279 words.
  4. appears as a component in 13 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kai1 - to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打开 (打開)
 ()
开始 (開始)
开心 (開心)
开门 (開門)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

公开 (公開)
分开 (分開)
召开 (召開)
展开 (展開)
张开 (張開)
想开 (想開)
拆开 (拆開)
拉开 (拉開)
抛开 (拋開)
推开 (推開)
揭开 (揭開)
放开 (放開)
敞开 (敞開)
煮开 (煮開)
烧开 (燒開)
白开水 (白開水)
盛开 (盛開)
看开 (看開)
睁开 (睜開)
翻开 (翻開)
解开 (解開)
走开 (走開)
避开 (避開)
开动 (開動)
开口 (開口)
开启 (開啟)
开场 (開場)
开学 (開學)
开封 (開封)
开导 (開導)
开展 (開展)
开工 (開工)
开幕 (開幕)
开店 (開店)
开张 (開張)
开往 (開往)
开心果 (開心果)
开怀 (開懷)
开战 (開戰)
开放 (開放)
开会 (開會)
开朗 (開朗)
开业 (開業)
开枪 (開槍)
开机 (開機)
开水 (開水)
开火 (開火)
开灯 (開燈)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
开盘 (開盤)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
开车 (開車)
开通 (開通)
开门红 (開門紅)
开间 (開間)
开阔 (開闊)
开关 (開關)
开头 (開頭)
开饭 (開飯)
松开 (鬆開)

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Meta:

  1. 始 is the 381st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 37 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (woman), (private), (mouth)
Graphical :
=> , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shi3 - to begin/to start/then/only then

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 始 (shi3): The component 厶 is pronounced as 'si1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

开始 (開始)

Medium Frequency

原始 
始终 (始終)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.